Creating Verbatim Theatre from Oral Histories

ISBN-13: 9780367181505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Clare Summerskill

Opis

Offering a roadmap for practising verbatim theatre (plays created from oral histories), this book outlines theatre processes through the lens of oral history and draws upon oral history scholarship to bring best practices from that discipline to theatre practitioners.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Overview  1. What is Verbatim Theatre?  2. Oral History and Verbatim Theatre: Similar but Different  3. Discussions within Oral History that Inform Verbatim Theatre Processes  Part 2: Ethics and Verbatim Theatre  4. Ethical Considerations and Guidelines for Verbatim Theatre Processes  5. Ethical Considerations in the Creation of Plays from Interviews with Members of Marginalised Communities and Vulnerable Narrators  Part 3: Creating a Play from Interviews: Step by Step  6. Getting Started  7. The Interview  8. After the Interview: Transcribing and Preparing for the Scripting Process  9. Sculpting your Play: From Transcript to Playscript  10. Scripting Options and Techniques  11. Beyond the Script  12. Rehearsal and Experience  13. Over to You, Now!  Part 4: Examples of Work by Verbatim Theatre Playwrights and Companies  14. Examples of Plays Created from Interviews  Checklist for Producing your Verbatim Play  Appendices  Appendix 1: Approaching your Narrator – Examples  Appendix 2: Sample Consent Form for an Audio Recorded Interview  Appendix 3: Scripting Exercise  Appendix 4: Projected Production Expenditure  Appendix 5: Glossary  Appendix 6: Suggested Sources for Further Information on Verbatim Theatre, Documentary Theatre, and Oral History

O autorze

Clare Summerskill is an independent academic researcher who has recently completed her PhD at Royal Holloway University of London in the Drama department. She is chair and co-founder of the UK’s Oral History Society LGBTQ Special Interest Group. She is also a playwright, stand-up and singer-songwriter.